[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Target like i mentioned is up big on the numbers, but Abigail Doolittle joins us now. Give us the highlights. Abigail investors are excited about this stock having its best day. Expected, 24 than. 3 versus 8. 3 . The outlook is strong as you were mentioning. A lot of strength for target and it seems like folks are really stocking up through the pandemic. And they are also doing it from an online perspective. Helping lows as well, lowes a good, and they put out quarter as consumers were improving their homes. Up 35 versus the estimate of 21 of the stock being rewarded. Even with lowes bigticket items up 135 . Down seven point 5 , and it seems like the treasure craze fading out of luck. Investors are not positive on the idea that the Current Quarter could be difficult and they are bringing down supplies for halloween. There we have targets numbers. 11 , but digital is unbelievable up nearly 200 as americans are shopping from home. Brian cornell is encouraged by the online and encouraged
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A arendarl showing up on a popular Gaming Platform for kids. Who is behind the changes and the companys response. Uhoh. First here is todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. You can hear the sparks of change in the air. Democrats officially selected joe biden as their nominee for president during day two of the dncs virtual convention. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family. The postmaster general is halting operational changes until after the election. It will end up being a rigged elction or theyll never come out with an outcome. Theyll have to do it again. University of notre dame and Michigan State have become the latest colleges to move Classes Online because of the coronavirus. I kind of wish they wo tads. State of emergency for all of california. Wildfires are forcing evacuations all over the lyst field. Over the shoulder catch down the right field line. How about that play . And all that matters. Sh
Would anybody trust a vaccine coming out of this administration . And when it is [indiscernible] we are having technical problems with our live feed, but we are working to fix the problem and when you back to the discussion shortly. [no audio] second round of economic stimulus payments to families and extended Unemployment Benefits until january 2021. The heroes act will provide significantly more funding to cities and towns and also would clarify treasury guidance that currently prevents State Governments from using [indiscernible] alternative bills provide zero dollars to states, zero dollars for financial assistance, and clawed back hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to support struggling businesses. In addition the president cut funding to states. The protestsike against racism and Police Brutality in the streets in many communities. Families across the country suffer [indiscernible] about the challenges their faces and the response needed from the federal governmen